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With cameras lining the sidewalk near the players' entrance of the Ravens facility in Owings Mills, stalwart outside linebacker Terrell Suggs was, predictably, the only player to acknowledge the attention given to the mundane act of showing up for work. Others entered the building with their head down, but Suggs — who became the Ravens' last remaining defensive star this offseason and spent the time away from the team facility enjoying his celebrity — gave a smile and a wave as the final act of his summer. With his conditioning test passed "convincingly" and carrying a body he said was lighter than earlier this summer, the longest-tenured Raven began a...

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HAMPTON — Tyrod Taylor received his Super Bowl ring June 7. A week later his mom confiscated the most cherished bling in American team sports.
"I got the watch," said Taylor's dad, Rodney, laughing at his consolation prize.
The Taylors...

OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Tyrod Taylor's cubicle in the Baltimore Ravens' locker room is tucked away in a corner near the bathroom, directly opposite of those occupied by veterans such as Ray Lewis and Matt Birk.
But the Hampton High graduate was front and...

Floyd Jones Jr., a sophomore who plays football and runs track for Hampton High, won a National Leadership Grant sponsored by the NCSA Athletic Recruiting.Jones will receive services worth $1,000 with NCSA, which was founded in 2000 with the goal of...

Carolyn Brown's remarkable freshman year at Phoebus added another highlight Saturday at the Norfolk State Relays.
Brown finished first in the 100 meters at 11.81, the fastest time in the state this year. Only three girls in Peninsula District have...

Tyrod Taylor was gracious enough to spend nearly 30 minutes of his Tuesday talking about his rookie season with the Baltimore Ravens and his youth football camp Saturday at Hampton’s Darling Stadium.Wednesday’s print column couldn’t include all his...

No bling, entourage or oversized bachelor crib. No arrogance, ego or sense of entitlement.OK, so Tyrod Taylor bought a new car. A BMW 750 at that.Otherwise, he appears the same grounded and humble young man who quarterbacked Hampton High School and...

Jerod Mayo has earned Pro Bowl and Rookie of the Year honors. He's led the NFL in tackles and secured the approval of football's most finicky and poorly dressed coach.
What he hadn't enjoyed before this season was playoff success.
What he's poised to do...

The Peninsula’s three marquee NFL connections occupy this week’s three prime television slots in as large a November weekend as pro football gets.
Start with Sunday’s 4:15 p.m., game, where Pro Bowl linebacker Jerod Mayo of Kecoughtan High and the New...

Neither injury nor inexperience has prevented Tyrod Taylor from earning the Baltimore Ravens’ trust and respect. He’ll be their No. 2 quarterback in Sunday’s opener against the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers.
A rookie from Hampton High and Virginia Tech,...

As we read and hear daily until our senses throb, labor strife could erase some, if not all, of the 2011 NFL season.
But there is common ground and common sense, and hopefully players and owners find it, making the schedule unveiled Tuesday a reality.
...

The Baltimore Stallions celebrated their Grey Cup championship Sunday night in the West Village Commons Building at Towson University.
It had been 20 years in the making.
The Stallions spent two years in Baltimore — 1994 and 1995 — winning the...

Call them flakes, misfits or screwballs. They are athletes whose offbeat antics mystify teammates and fascinate fans – and Baltimore has been blessed with its share.
During the next two weeks, The Baltimore Sun will count down The Daffy Dozen, the 12...

The Preakness meet at Pimlico Race Course ends today with a bonus — a mandatory payout of its 10-cent Rainbow 6 with a carryover of $275,321. The closing day will also include a Belmont Stakes watch party as American Pharoah goes for the Triple Crown....

Maryland incoming freshman Diamond Stone has been named one of 24 players invited to participate in the USA Basketball men's under-19 world championship team training camp June 12-16 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Twelve players will be selected. Stone, a...

Ravens coach John Harbaugh, his players and former star linebacker Ray Lewis visited two Baltimore schools Thursday to help quell tension in the city following days of rioting.
In addition to unloading food and toiletries from trailers, members of the...

Random thoughts while waiting for Steve Ballmer to answer my help desk call:
• Sometimes the Clippers are their own opponent.
• Chicago Bears versus Green Bay Packers, on the NFL schedule for Thanksgiving, is the best holiday matchup since potatoes...

Former Chicago Bears tight end Desmond Clark admits that he's lit a crack pipe before — albeit for his father.
The news seemed to shock the crowd Clark broke it to at the Lake Zurich Rotary Club's meeting Friday, March, 20.
That image served to...

Since he retired in February 2013 after the Ravens'Super Bowl XLVII victory over the San Francisco 49ers, Ray Lewis hasn't had any problems keeping busy.
The former Ravens middle linebacker's latest project is a Spike TV series called “Coaching...

The New England Patriots got out of the Northeast on Monday before the blizzard hit, and flew directly into the eye of a different storm.
While football fans from every corner of the map have already grown weary of "Deflategate," New England...

Penn State safety Adrian Amos read Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller's eyes, remaining patient as he anticipated the path of the throw.
Only a sophomore, Amos knew he had waited long enough to make his move. He jumped the passing lane and made the...